Jamaican Pewee (Contopus pallidus) - BirdLife species factsheet

Jamaican Pewee Contopus pallidus

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Taxonomic source(s)
AOU. 1998. Check-list of North American birds. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	13,500 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.5 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common and widespread (del Hoyo et al. 2004).

Trend justification: This population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction (del Hoyo et al. 2004).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Jamaica	extant	native		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Jamaica	Black River Great Morass
Jamaica	Blue Mountains
Jamaica	Bluefields
Jamaica	Catadupa
Jamaica	Cockpit Country
Jamaica	Dolphin Head
Jamaica	John Crow Mountains
Jamaica	Litchfield Mountain - Matheson's Run
Jamaica	Mount Diablo
Jamaica	Negril
Jamaica	Yallahs

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 2000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Jamaican Pewee Contopus pallidus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/jamaican-pewee-contopus-pallidus on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.